Onuba
Latin
Alternative forms
- Onoba
Etymology
From Phoenician 𐤏𐤍𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ʿnʿ bʿl, “Baal's fortress”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.nu.ba/, [ˈɔnʊbä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.nu.ba/, [ˈɔːnubä]
Proper noun
Onuba f sg (genitive Onubae); first declension
- An ancient town of the Turdetani, in Hispania Baetica, corresponding to present-day Huelva.
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Onuba |
| Genitive | Onubae |
| Dative | Onubae |
| Accusative | Onubam |
| Ablative | Onubā |
| Vocative | Onuba |
| Locative | Onubae |
Derived terms
- onubēnsis
Descendants
- Spanish: Huelva
References
- Onuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Onoba Aestuaria”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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